The Kuala Lumpur High Court today deferred in delivering its verdict in the case of Christian Melanau clerk Jill Ireland seeking a declaration over the use of the word "Allah".

Justice Nor Bee Ariffin deferred in giving a decision to Oct 29.

Lawyer Lee Heng Seng told reporters that they, at the meantime, are trying continuing to seek a resolution on the matter before Oct 29.

Lee, along with lawyer Annou Xavier, who appeared for Ireland, and senior federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan, who appeared for the home minister and the government, had earlier met Justice Nor Bee in her chambers. 

Ireland, whose Malay-language Christian CDs and religious books were seized by the customs at the Kuala Lumpur low-cost terminal in 2008, got back the items in 2016 following a court order.

However, she is seeking declaratory relief to use materials containing the word "Allah" for religious and educational purposes.

She is also seeking a declaration that her constitutional right to practice her religion was violated by the imposition of a restriction or ban on the import of educational materials.

Ireland also wants a declaration that the use of the Publication and Printing Presses Act (PPPA) 1984 and the Customs Act 1967 to seize the CDs was an infringement on equality under the law.

The court had heard submissions on the issue last November but differed in delivering decisions albeit several attempts to settle the matter.

Ireland's case came the same year as the Catholic weekly Herald's case which went all the way to the Federal Court. Her case along with the Sidang Injil Borneo case is still pending at the High Court.